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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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POS get to protest and ICE can safely do their job of arresting and deporting illegal invaders .
The Tides Foundation ops just won’t quit. Having failed to remove the fence and not getting the EPA on board with all the tear gas, their latest tack is the conditions inside the facility. “ No showers, no beds, etc. “ they cry, conveniently ignoring that such amenities weren’t available on the long trek up here to illegally crash the southern border.
In honor of the Tides Foundation can we get ICE some water cannons?